Welcome

Welcome to Future of Latinos, a nation-wide, interdisciplinary research initiative of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). This project is devoted to producing innovative scholarship on the Latino population in the United States and locating the sites of intervention that promise to be most impactful in promoting opportunity and mobility through law and policy. We are committed to research that will make a difference: Our aim is to generate findings that can be utilized by organizations and individuals who work to advance justice for the Latino community.

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News

The Miami Leadership Summit is the next regional event for the Future of Latinos research initiative, taking place at the Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus on Friday, March 2, 2018. The convening will bring together leading scholars, legal practitioners, and media representatives in the Miami area to explore key areas of opportunity through educational innovation, broadcasting, and a vibrant economy. Learn more and register»

On April 8-9, 2017, we convened 50 key stakeholders at our second regional roundtable, held at Yale Law School.

The co-organizer for the Yale roundtable was Cristina Rodríguez, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor at Yale Law School.

The Roundtable opened with keynote addresses and accompanying white papers on the history of Latinos in the Northeast (prepared by Professor Carmen Whalen of Williams College), a demographic profile of Latinos in the Northeast and nationally (prepared by Professors Douglas S. Massey and Amelie Constant of Princeton University), and the current landscape of law and policy issues facing Latinos in the Northeast (prepared by Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF).